Bot50 Celebrations Expose Sorry State of Our Performing Industry

As Botswana celebrates Bot50 with the performing arts at the forefront of these activities, it was under normal circumstances supposed to be a time of merry for the local performing arts industry.

At no other time had there been so much commitment by government or private sector to deliberately channel the funds to the local performing arts industry in the various forms to perform in the various districts, special occasions, road shows, and the main event those climax will be at the national stadium.

However it has been weeping, complaints, as every artist cries for their share of the pie. If it is not an artist complaining, it is a promoter, a DJ, queuing at the Minister’s office to demand his or her share of Bot50.

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